Patents by Inventor Kevin G. Ripp

Kevin G. Ripp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for the production of calendic acid, a fatty acid containing delta-8,10,12 conjugated double bonds and related fatty acids having a modification at the delta-9 position
    Patent number: 6593514
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with modification of the delta-9 position of fatty acids, in particular, formation of conjugated double bonds are disclosed. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles. The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with formation of a trans delta-12 double bond also are disclosed. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, William Dean Hitz, Kevin G. Ripp
  • Genes for plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with conjugated double bond formation
    Publication number: 20030126640
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with conjugated double bond formation or functionally equivalent subfragments thereof are disclosed. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments or functionally equivalent subfragments thereof or complement thereof and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Thomas J. Carlson, William Dean Hitz, Kevin G. Ripp
  • Nucleic acid fragments and proteins affecting storage organelle formation and methods of use
    Publication number: 20030084475
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an SSE1 protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the SSE1 protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the SSE1 protein in a transformed host cell. The present invention also relates to methods using the SSE1 protein in modulating formation of storage organelles and storage compounds in seeds, and in discovering compounds with potential herbicidal activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Sean J. Coughlan, Timothy George Helentjaris, Rudolf Jung, Chun Ping Li, Scott E. Nichols, Kevin G. Ripp, Peizhong Zheng
  • Genes for plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with conjugated double bond formation
    Publication number: 20030024010
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding plant fatty acid modifying enzymes associated with conjugated double bond formation or functionally equivalent subfragments thereof are disclosed. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments or functionally equivalent subfragments thereof or complement thereof and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Thomas J. Carlson, William Dean Hitz, Kevin G. Ripp